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FINALLY - VPN support
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I'm new to Apple products---Macbook pro for about a year and Iphone for about 2-3 years. Now I bought a used 4K (2017) Apple TV box. Wiped it clean and installed IOS 17. I was surprised when I noticed there's no way to install a VPN but it appears that will change with TVos 17. My question is, when will VPNs be added to the Beta program?
BTW, I am a Firestick user---for years. But, wow!!! The Apple TV blows it away. Everything loads, almost instantly. Instead of waiting for 45-75 seconds of spinning on Android and Firestick, but I need the VPN. I'm ready to make the switch.
Also, it will help with my wife's lack of "technology"----She knows how it works instead of asking me a zillion times.....Now you see my need to rush...LOL
BTW, I am a Firestick user---for years. But, wow!!! The Apple TV blows it away. Everything loads, almost instantly. Instead of waiting for 45-75 seconds of spinning on Android and Firestick, but I need the VPN. I'm ready to make the switch.
Also, it will help with my wife's lack of "technology"----She knows how it works instead of asking me a zillion times.....Now you see my need to rush...LOL
Based on what I read, upcoming VPN support allows the ATV to access private and corporate networks rather than geo-locked content.
I hope that's not the case---I need it for sports and some other items. Plus I don't like my ISP knowing the sites I' going on.
I wonder if I can connect through a DNS server as stated on ExPress VPN's website? However, I have Nord VPN and a Deco M5 mesh system:
Apple TV VPN: How To Get the Best VPN For Apple TV
Download ExpressVPN for Apple TV in 3 steps: Go to the App Store on your Apple TV, search for ExpressVPN, and click “Get” to install. Easy!
www.expressvpn.com
The Apple TV has allowed manual selection of a DNS server for a while. Getflix, Iron Socket, and dns4me are popular services.I wonder if I can connect through a DNS server as stated on ExPress VPN's website? However, I have Nord VPN and a Deco M5 mesh system:
Apple TV VPN: How To Get the Best VPN For Apple TV
Download ExpressVPN for Apple TV in 3 steps: Go to the App Store on your Apple TV, search for ExpressVPN, and click “Get” to install. Easy!
Yup, it could go either way until Apple actually makes the feature available to the end user and developers.
Even if Apple don't limit anything on the OS side most streaming platforms these days blacklist IPs from VPNs.
There are many VPN providers who can unblock almost anything.
Some even offer residential IP renting…
Okay. So I’m experimenting with Apple TV 4K. I have a Hisense Android smart tv. The android TV portion has an Ethernet input so I hooked up the Apple TV box via Ethernet and it appears to run through the wifi of the TV which runs through Nord VPN. How do I know for sure this set up is working as it seems?
Edit—-never mind. Not working
Edit—-never mind. Not working
You need to run the VPN on a separate router and connect the AppleTV to the router.
Sadly my Deco mesh system will not support a VPN. I’ll just wait at this point and watch sports on the Firestick
This is good news! 👍🏾
Now if only we can get the developers of other 3rd party apps such as The Roku Channel & TikTok TV to come on board, then I would no longer have a use for my Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Max.
Now if only we can get the developers of other 3rd party apps such as The Roku Channel & TikTok TV to come on board, then I would no longer have a use for my Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Max.
Testing FlowVPN beta for AppleTV at the moment (available in TestFlight), I think it's the only client for AppleTV (tvOS 17) available at the moment. It seems to be working as intended, thus no limitations thus far.
Might be again some Apple bulls**t
NordVPN is looking into making a VPN app for Apple TV.
[Link: Apple TVs will have native VPN support in tvOS 17 | https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/10/23756329/apple-tv-vpn-tvos-17-4k-streaming-wwdc-2023 | The Verge] But the VPN provider needs more details before it commits: > “We are concerned that there may be some limitations for consumer VPN...www.theverge.com
“We are concerned that there may be some limitations for consumer VPN products and the update will only benefit B2B VPN solutions,” NordVPN PR Manager Egidijus Jurgelionis wrote in an email to The Verge, “If not, our users will be able to use NordVPN on their Apple TVs sometime in the nearest future.”
I already use the Nord app on my iPhone, so I can’t see why it still isn’t available on TV.
Yes, you can. Just download the Nord app for macOS and sign in with your existing credentials. You can link up to 6 devices to 1 Nord account, Apple, Windows or Android.
It seems like FlowVPN is the first (and only) available so far, hopefully a few more will join soon.